MATTERS OF THE HEART: ‘Dear Aunty Lisa, My mother-in-law has been a complete nuisance to me, she wants to turn me into a slave with household chores… How would you advise Ndai?

I lived with my mum in law for ten yrs, same house..truly testimonialy speaking i enjoyd evry bit of it…i realisd that all i needed to do was to communicate with her in terms of anything to do with the house…worse of i was a working mother too…i enjoyed cleaning the house and doing laundry ,,even though we had a maid…u have to take heart,,enjoy the household chores my dear,,,believe me u’l reap…and its even worse wen ur not a wrking woman bt ENJOY it gaya…if u learn to open up to her and take her like yo own mother,,u’l be surprised @ hw she’l also learn frm hw u treat her too…ur also going to be a mamazala some day…do unto others. – Charity Risinamhodzi Nyoni

Why are yu stayin with yo inlaws iwe urisimbe zvako but basa hariurayi hama mind handiti uri muroora ita basa hama. – Oleen Magumise

You will never die by doing house work at your home at your in laws` s place. – Henry Mugadza

Why are you staying with her find your own place to stay. – Phillipah Muchemwa

Get a job – even just a part-time one, then use some of your salary to pay for a maid. Then if she still isn’t satisfied she will have to do the extra cleaning herself. – Carly Crawford